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The Bunker Might Be This Year’s Scariest Horror Game

I’ve played horror games completely drenched in blood this year—nasty games with bombs and meat grinders rendered in high fidelity detail, but none have made me scream until the more straightforward Amnesia: The Bunker. The Week In Games: Zombies In Paradise Previously, I had only ever peeked over friends’ shoulders as they played the other

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Beat the Monday Blues: Omaha Style!

If you’re like most people, you probably have a complicated relationship with Mondays. After a weekend of late-night Netflix binges, indulging in too many desserts, and finally having time to finish that book that’s been on your bedside table for months, it’s tough to welcome Monday with open arms. And yet, the sun keeps rising,

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10 Engrossing Action-RPG Games To Play Like It

Runic Games Runic Games, the developers of Torchlight and its superior sequel, Torchlight II, perhaps had the best chances possible for managing to stand strong in the shadow of Diablo. The studio was founded by Travis Baldree, the creator of Fate, and Max Schaefer and Erich Schaefer, the co-founders of Blizzard North, and the leads

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Apple Announces Very Fancy ‘Facial Computer,’ Starts At $3,499

All the rumors were true. Apple has a fancy headset it wants to sell you. The tech giant revealed its new mixed reality / virtual reality headset during its June 5 WWDC digital event, confirming the details of previous leaks. Dubbed the Apple Vision Pro, the new “facial computer” is out “early next year” and

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Diablo 4’s First Patch Heavily Weakens 4 Of Its 5 Classes

Diablo IV officially lands on June 6—some players already have early access—and Blizzard has already dropped the first official update for the imminent dungeon-crawling, loot-collecting RPG. There are a number of changes here worth digging into, but the biggest takeaway is simple: Four of the five classes have been nerfed pretty substantially, while the Necromancer only

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That Cool Lego Scene In Spider-Verse Was Made By A Single Teen

Screenshot: Sony / Marvel Days after the debut of Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, the sequel is already being lauded as a marvel of animation and a fascinating mix of mediums. There’s even a small reference to Insomniac’s upcoming Spider-Man game hidden in the film. Crush Marvel Snap ‘Zoo Decks’ With Killmonger But one segment in

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If Duolingo Is For Language-Learning, Why Do Many Users Cheat?

Julian wanted to brush up on his Japanese and Spanish. The popular language learning app Duolingo, with its gamified incentives and rewards, its leagues, tournaments, and power-ups, seemed like a good way to do it. He started spending hours in the app, trying to claw his way to a better rank. That’s when he started

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Spider-Verse Shows Unseen Gameplay For Next PS5 Game In Movie

Screenshot: Sony Pictures Entertainment Sony Picture’s hotly-anticipated animated film, Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse, includes never-before-seen gameplay footage of the upcoming Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 game. Grand Theft Auto 6 Comments: A Dramatic Reading Insomniac community director James Stevenson confirmed in a ResetEra forum debating whether the, albeit unremarkable, snippet of Marvel’s Spider-Man 2 gameplay footage was

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Spider-Man Across the Spider-Verse Is Hard To Hear, Viewers Say

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse came out on June 2 to rave reviews and a box office weekend that trailed only The Super Mario Bros. Movie to become the second-largest of 2023 so far. There’s only one thing holding the movie back apparently: people can’t hear what the hell characters are saying sometimes. The Week In

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Square Enix Answers Fans' Burning Questions On Final Fantasy VII Rebirth

The ongoing remake/reimagining of Final Fantasy VII, the landmark 1997 JRPG, has resulted in some of the most anticipated entries in the Final Fantasy series in many years. But it’s also shrouded in a lot of mystery given the narrative surprises of the first installment, Final Fantasy VII Remake in 2020. Now, Square… Read more…

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